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Understanding your participation in the research study.

Study Purpose. This study is separate and independent from GoSection8. It is a partnership between Teachers College, Columbia University, GoSection8, and Great Schools. With funding from the Arnold Foundation, researchers from Teachers College, Columbia University are studying whether offering school information alongside rental housing listings on GoSection8.com causes families to move to neighborhoods with higher-performing public schools. Results will be used to provide GoSection8, Public Housing Authorities, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development information about how and whether to offer school information alongside rental housing listings.

What participation means. Participation in the study requires that you create a user name and password on this website. If you agree to participate, we will also ask you to fill out a 1-minute survey where we ask basic information about you. Researchers may contact you one additional time by email with a second 1-minute survey.

A randomly selected group of study participants will be offered school information from GreatSchools in addition to the usual housing listings on GoSection8. The other half of the study participants will view only the usual housing listings on GoSection8.

For only those users who agree to participate in the study, GoSection8 will also share your GoSection8 webpage visits with the researchers. For users who have a Housing Choice Voucher, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will provide information about HCV recipients’ addresses and the characteristics of their families like household size and total income.

Confidentiality. The researchers will keep all participant information confidential and will only use them for the purpose of the study. The researchers will not sell your information to anyone. The researchers’ reports will contain summaries, and responses will never be presented in any way that would permit readers to identify you. The researchers will protect personal information by creating a unique anonymous id number for respondents. Researchers will work primarily with data that has this anonymous id and no personal identifiers.

Participants. Tenants who uses GoSection 8.

Benefits. You will be providing valuable information that may help GoSection8, HUD, and housing authorities offer better service and information to families as they search for new housing.

Risks. The risks associated with your participation in this study are minimal. However, there is some risk potential of a data confidentiality breach. This risk will be minimized by adequately securing the data and using de-identified data whenever possible. In all steps of data handling, researchers will follow the most stringent security protocols.

Voluntary Participation. Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. You can decide not to participate or to discontinue your participation at any time.

Questions? If you have any questions about this survey or the study as a whole, please feel free to call Peter Bergman at Teachers College, Columbia University at (650) 260-8765.

If you have any questions regarding your rights as a research participant, please contact Teachers College Institutional Review Board at 212/678-4105, email: irb@tc.edu

Thank you very much for your consideration of this study!

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